Don't take your tablets with fruit juice

Fruit juice can have a significant effect on the uptake of drugs, either lowering or increasing their effectiveness

Russia dismisses Nato's 'empty words'

Reacting to a Nato statement Russia’s Foreign Minister said troops could now be withdrawn within three or four days

Bruni's support for bears angers farmers

Anti-bear camp dismiss singer and supermodel as typical animal-loving city slicker, ignorant of damage bears can inflict

Obama's ad campaign turns nasty

For the first time the Democratic candidate is attacking John McCain for being out of touch

Thailand threatens Glitter with detention

Disgraced singer refused to board flight to UK, but Thailand doesn't want him and threatens convicted paedophile with detention

Folic acid 'does not prevent heart attacks'

Study suggests that taking folic acid to reduce homocysteine levels in blood is no protection against heart disease

Why things aren’t wizard in the land of Oz

The greatest sporting nation on Earth is having a tough time accepting that it is trailing Britain in medal table

'The Georgians were no challenge at all'

A dusty provincial town dwarfed by the Caucasus mountains, Tskhinvali is now engulfed in a whirlwind of Russian activity

Cracks appear in Pakistan's ruling coalition

Suicide bomb kills 25 at hospital as Pakistan's ruling coalition rivals struggle to steer the rudderless nation

Georgian national squad spirited to Swansea

Whatever the result of the friendly football match in Swansea, just putting out a team is a big victory for the visitors

Babies die in drug trials at top Indian hospital

Deaths of 49 babies raise concerns over ethical standards as India becomes world's leading destination for clinical trials

World news in brief

Zambian leader dies after stroke | Inflation in Zimbabwe passes 11.2m per cent | Diner sues Chicago restaurant over 9ft tapeworm

Taleban launches bloody new strategy

The Taleban killed ten French troops in a battle just outside Kabul and launched a frontal assault on a big US base

A compromise deployment gone wrong

President Sarkozy sent combat troops to the east of Afghanistan where there has been a 40 per cent increase in attacks

Latest British casualty named

Corporal Barry Dempsey, 29, who was killed yesterday in Afghanistan, has been described as a 'dedicated family man'

Smith: Glitter must be forced to stay in UK

But ministers powerless to stop him leaving without evidence he wants to commit child sex offences Watch our video

Russians flex muscles in Georgian Black Sea port

Georgian servicemen seized and Georgian flagship towed away in day of mixed signals for trans-Caucasian republic

Islamists cause Algeria 'bloodbath', killing 43

The suicide attack was a brutal reminder of Islamic violence which plunged the country into civil war in the 1990s

US base targeted in post-Musharraf violence

Dozens killed in attacks on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border, including a suicide bombing on US base

Ten French soldiers killed in ambush

President Sarkozy will travel to Afghanistan after the deadly attack which will stiffen resolve against his policy